Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Dave Pinto
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:

Co-Chair Dave Pinto will have the gavel

HF 339 (Agbaje) Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board funding provided for certified worker organization grants, and money appropriated
Travis Burth, SEIU Healthcare MN & IA

HF 1272 (Agbaje) Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board modified
Josiah Moore, Department of Labor and Industry

HF2121 (Agbaje) - Minneapolis; West Broadway Business and Area Coalition grant provided, and money appropriated
Kristel Porter, Executive Director, West Broadway Business and Area Coalition
Donna Sanders, Business Specialist, West Broadway

HF2122 (Agbaje) - Minneapolis; West Broadway Business and Area Coalition funding provided, and money appropriated
Kristel Porter, Executive Director, West Broadway Business and Area Coalition
Donna Sanders, Business Specialist, West Broadway

HF1216 (Berg) - Apprenticeship readiness programming funding provided, and money appropriated
Rick Martagon, Executive Director, Building Strong Communities
Keelan Nuemann, Apprentice, Heat and Frost Insulators Local 34
Dorlissa Squires, Apprentice, Operating Engineers Local 49
Natalie Pilrain, Apprentice, Operating Engineers Local 49

HF1003 (Schultz) - Career pathways program supported and strengthened, report required, and money appropriated
Jenny Winkelaar, Workforce Development Director, IUOE Local 49
Mary Morem, Superintendent, Houston Public Schools ISD 294
Marley Sherbon, IUOE Local 49 apprentice and crane operator for Lunda Construction

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee for this hearing, please submit them to Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 1pm Monday, March 17

Chair: Rep. Dave Baker
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:

I. Conclusion of discussion regarding H.F. 1976
II. H.F. 2238 (Bakeberg) – Commissioner directed to approve youth skills training programs in construction trades
III. H.F. 510 (Koznick) – Made in Minnesota program funding provided
IV. H.F. 108 (Hussein) - Ujamaa Place funding provided
V. H.F. 1577 (Frazier) - Statewide education campaign funding provided to inform employers about the benefits of second-chance hiring
VI. H.F. 1960 (Mueller) - Displaced homemaker programs funding provided
VII. H.F. 1638 (Xiong) – Equaspace grant funding provided

*these bills will be laid over

For written or in-person testimony, please email spencer.johnson@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Tuesday, March 18th.

Chair: Rep. Dave Pinto
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:

Co-Chair Dave Pinto will have the gavel

HF 1936 (Johnson, P) Minnesota Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs funding provided, and money appropriated
HF 989 (Hollins) 30,000 Feet funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 1130 (Coulter) Bloomington; workforce development efforts funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 849 (Kozlowski) Duluth Promise initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 1223 (Frazier) Big Brothers Big Sisters funding provided for youth programming, and money appropriated.
HF 1847 (Bakeberg) STEM Ecosystem grant provided, and money appropriated.
HF 1957 (Elkins) Minnesota Technology Association grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

Testimony and Materials should be submitted to Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Wednesday, March 19